Category: Films
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‘Goat’ milks the savage nature of fraternity hazing
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‘Goat’ starring Ben Schnetzer and Nick Jonas is a brutally raw look at what it takes to get into a college fraternity and its impact on those who survive the rituals of hazing
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‘Misconception’ is a documentary exploring population growth or lack thereof
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‘Misconception’ is the latest documentary from Academy Award winning filmmaker Jessica Yu. An alternative view of the future of population growth on Earth.
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‘The Light Between Oceans’ shines a light on a difficult moral dilemma
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Romance, drama and moral questions make for a pretty good film experience in ‘The Light Between Oceans’
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‘Sully’ soars and crashes at the same time
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A decent depiction of the true story of the man who performed the “Miracle on the Hudson”
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‘Florence Foster Jenkins’ hits some high notes using a lot of flat notes
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“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent” – Victor Hugo Florence Foster Jenkins is a biopic from director Stephen Frears that allows the three main actors…
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‘Anthropoid’ brings life to an important historical event
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Anthropoid is another in the long line of feature films based on historic events that took place during World War II. Its title comes from Operation Anthropoid, the code-name for an Allied operation to assassinate…
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‘Disorder’ is aptly titled
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‘Disorder’ is a set piece that examines PTSD and the keeping of secrets
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‘Jason Bourne’ is a return to the franchise’s high-octane origins
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The Jason Bourne of movies bears little resemblance to the Jason Bourne of the Robert Ludlum trilogy that began in 1980 with The Bourne Identity. That’s not a bad thing. The changes were the best…
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‘Equity’ provides a great return to its audience
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“Wall Street is the world’s biggest casino” – Edward O. Thorp Movies about Wall Street have littered the landscape in the wake of the crash of financial markets in 2009. The Wolf of Wall Street,…
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‘Star Trek Beyond’ goes boldly down familiar roads
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If only the Great Bird of the Galaxy, Mr. Gene Roddenberry had lived to see his vision going strong, five decades after the first episode of the TV series “Star Trek” first aired. Star Trek…